Bucy Bill Repeals The Education Savings Account Program

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By: Bucy
H.B. No. 164

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the repeal of the education savings account program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 29, Subchapter J, Education Code, is

repealed.

SECTION 2. Section 22.092(d), Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(d) The agency shall provide equivalent access to the

registry maintained under this section to:

(1) private schools;

(2) public schools; and

(3) nonprofit teacher organizations approved by the

commissioner for the purpose of participating in the tutoring

program established under Section 33.913[ ; and

(4) the comptroller for the purpose of preapproving

education service providers and vendors of educational products

under Section 29.358 for participation in the program established

under Subchapter J, Chapter 29 .]

SECTION 4. Section 411.109, Government Code, is amended by

repealing Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as

follows:

[ (b-1) The comptroller is entitled to obtain criminal

history record information as provided by Subsection (c) about a

person who is an employee of an education service provider or vendor

of educational products who intends to provide educational services

to a child participating in the program established under

Subchapter J, Chapter 29, Education Code, and is seeking approval

to receive money distributed under that program. ] ]

(c) Subject to Section 411.087 and consistent with the

public policy of this state, the comptroller is entitled to:

(1) obtain through the Federal Bureau of Investigation

criminal history record information maintained or indexed by that

bureau that pertains to a person described by Subsection (a)[ , ] or

(b) , or (b-1) ; and

(2) obtain from the department or any other criminal

justice agency in this state criminal history record information

maintained by the department or that criminal justice agency that

relates to a person described by Subsection (a)[ , ] or (b) , or (b-1) .

SECTION 5. Section 810.002, Health and Safety Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 810.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to the

following state agencies:

(1) the Department of Family and Protective Services;

(2) the Health and Human Services Commission;

(3) the Texas Education Agency; and

(4) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department[ ; and

(5) the comptroller of public accounts .]

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2027.